rowPowered by COBUILD (roʊ)making a boat move

Word forms: rows, rowing, rowed

Definitions

1. verb

When you row, you sit in a boat and make it move through the water by using oars. If you row someone somewhere, you take them there in a boat, using oars. [V prep] ⇒ He rowed as quickly as he could to the shore. [V n] ⇒ We could all row a boat and swim almost before we could walk. [V n adv/prep] ⇒ The boatman refused to row him back.

rowPowered by COBUILD (raʊ)disagreement or noise

Word forms: rows, rowing, rowed

Definitions

1. countable noun [oft adj N]

A row is a seriousdisagreement between people or organizations. [British, informal] ⇒ This is likely to provoke a further row about the bank's role in the affair. ⇒ The ministers must have realized that they risked what could be a major diplomatic row with France.

2. countable noun

If two people have a row, they have a noisy argument. [British, informal] ⇒ We never seem to stay together for very long before we have a dreadful row. ⇒ A man had been stabbed to death in a family row.

3. verb

If two people row or if one person rowswith another, they have a noisy argument. [British, informal] [V] ⇒ They rowed all the time. [V + with] ⇒ He had earlier rowed with his girlfriend.

4. singular noun

If you say that someone is making a row, you mean that they are making a loud, unpleasantnoise. [British, informal] ⇒ 'Whatever is that row?' she demanded. 'Pop festival,' he answered.

Example sentences containing 'row'

For the secondday in a row Adam was the only guest at breakfast.Stuart Harrison LOST SUMMERThe minx had managed to get herself a seat in the front row.Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERYSteere knew she wouldn't get rattled, whether an editor or a row of priestssat in front of her.Lisa Scottoline ROUGH JUSTICE